A Poem for the Aro-Ace

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Originally published 2/14/2019

Is this what it feels like?

. . .

All the girls look pretty

Several men are handsome too

But I do not crave their touch

To touch me intimately

To cuddle me fondly

And with adoring awe

But I can only feel them as a friend

A peer, to share ideas and plans

. . .

Sex feels like an obligation;

A reaction.

I do not crave it

From myself

From others

From anything.

I explore so I can know my body;

Not so I can please another.

. . .

Perhaps, there is one

One who will make me feel

Make me feel like the world wants

The one that will bring me love

To love being in love.

But how can I find them

(how can they find me)

When I can not feel that basic human emotion?

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